Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City are already in the last 16 knockout phase, Manchester United should join them tonight and Liverpool have a great chance to go through tomorrow.

BT Sport presenter Gary Lineker said: “I think we’ll have a full house of English clubs in the last 16, and I think we might well get a full house winning their groups. It’s obvious we are bridging the gap a bit.

“Real Madrid look like they have gone past a peak, Barcelona are a little bit short and Bayern Munich don’t look great, either – so it could be an English winner this year.

Chelsea were the last English side to win the trophy in 2012 (Image: PA)

Lineker could see an English side winning the Champions League (Image: Michael Regan - FIFA)

“City are playing some magical football at the moment, but in a couple of months it could be different. We don’t help ourselves by putting players through such a punishing schedule at Christmas while the rest of Europe has a nice little break.

“We’ve proved in the past that we can handle it, but it’s still tough on the players.

Manchester City have impressed in Europe this season (Image: Man City via Getty)

“Paris Saint-Germain look the headline act, along with City, and for me they are the two favourites. If you had said that a few years ago, people would have said, ‘Really?’ But it just shows they have made huge strides and, of course, they are both well backed.

Neymar and Mbappe arrived at PSG in the summer (Image: REUTERS)

Gary Lineker was speaking on behalf of BT Sport (Image: BT Sport)

“PSG broke the bank to get Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, but if you have big money you still have to spend it wisely.

“Barcelona v Tottenham would be the dream final for me because I played for both of them, but I would be perfectly satisfied with PSG v City. That would be an unbelievable spectacle.”

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